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Photograph of Corporal John E. Tobolski, U.S. Army Air Forces, rescuing Red Cross secretary Valerie Borodin from a jeep stuck in the mud, Kiangwan Airfield, China, circa 1940s.Typed on verso: "Chivalry is not dead among American GIs. Corporal John E.…

Photograph of Corporal Robert L. Gabig, U.S. Army Air Forces, assessing muddy terrain at Kiangwan Airfield, China, circa 1940s.Typed on verso: "Corporal Robert L. Gabig of the U. S. Army Air Forces surveys the quagmire that leads to Base Headquarters…

Photograph of a Douglas C-54 Skymaster aircraft (tail number 5559) of the U.S. Army Air Forces Tropical Science Mission parked at Kiangwan Airfield, China, circa 1940s. Typed on verso: "Four engine U.S. Army Transport, C-54 Douglas Skymaster, at…

Photograph of a Douglas C-54 Skymaster aircraft (tail number 5559) of the U.S. Army Air Forces Tropical Science Mission parked at Kiangwan Airfield, China, circa 1940s. Typed on verso: "Giant C-54, Douglas Skymaster, the Flying Laboratory of the U.S.…

Photograph of the interior of a Douglas C-54 Skymaster aircraft (tail number 5559) used by the U.S. Army Air Forces Tropical Science Mission, Kiangwan Airfield, China, circa 1940s. Typed on verso: "Interior view of the C-54 Douglas Skymaster, 'Flying…

Photographic group portrait of L'Ecole Franco-Chinoise teachers and Chinese Air Force servicemen posing in front of a Curtiss C-46 Commando aircraft at Kiangwan Airfield, China, circa 1940s. Some of the individuals are identified in the caption on…

Photographic group portrait of members of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Tech Club Alumni Association standing in front of an aircraft at Kiangwan Airfield, China, circa 1946. The photograph was taken while the members were visiting the…

Photograph of a modified military jeep at Kiangwan Airfield, China, circa 1940s.Typed on verso: "American GIs of the Shanghai Air Depot employ typical Yank ingenuity in turning an open jeep into an enclosed two-door sedan to escape the rain and…

Photograph of a modified military jeep driving through a large puddle at Kiangwan Airfield, China, circa 1940s.

Photograph of twelve-year-old Peter Gau wearing a U.S. Army Air Forces jacket and holding a baseball bat, Kiangwan Airfield, China, circa 1940s.Typed on verso: "Demobilized - Twelve year old Peter Gau, 'honorary Captain', U. S. Army Air Forces, has…